WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is opening the door to the possibility of a resumption of White House tours, if it can be worked out. Obama says in an interview broadcast with ABC News Wednesday that the decision to cancel the tours in the wake of budget cuts was made by the Secret Service, citing the need to furlough some employees. Revealing he's trying to ease the no-tour policy, Obama says he's talked to the Secret Service about restoring some visits. He says, "What I'm asking them, for example, are there ways for us to accommodate school groups that may have traveled here" during spring break, which is drawing near. But Obama also says the question of resuming White House tours may hinge on "how deeply they have to furlough their staff."

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VaB, I was surprised to see the pay scale for them. I figured they may make in the 28k-32k range. It's hard to think they get paid better than most of the Federal law enforcement agents do.

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$50k a year janitors? Wow. How much algebra do you need to be able to do?

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More lies from the Liar & Chief Oh by the way Robert, pays good to clean floors at the White House. I bet you don't work to hard or have to have a college degree either.

False: Obama's Janitor Pay Cut Claim 03/12/13

They tried to make you feel sorry for the janitors at the White House who were going to be so devastated by having their overtime cut. The truth turns out to be quite the opposite. They didn't even get much overtime to begin with.

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At a news conference Friday, President Barack Obama said that janitors at the Capitol "just got a pay cut" because of the automatic federal spending cuts imposed by the sequester deal. The Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler gave the president Four Pinocchios for that statement. He writes, "Especially after senior officials at the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), the federal agency that employ janitors on the House side, and the office of the Sergeant at Arms (SAA), which employs janitors on the Senate side, issued statements saying the president's comments were not true."

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“You know, those Capitol janitors will not get as much overtime. I’m sure they think less pay, that they’re taking home, does hurt.”

Bret H. Swanson, assistant sergeant at arms for operations and the manager of cleaning technicians, said 27 people are employed on the night cleaning shift and 16 people on a day shift; a majority of the cleaning takes place at night. There is a differential for the overnight shift, so the night janitors earn an average of $51,644 a year and the day janitors earn an average of $49,481.

And the overtime pay? It averaged $304 per employee in fiscal year 2012 and $388 per employee thus far in the current fiscal year. “Cleaning technicians do not earn what I would consider to be a great deal of overtime pay,” Swanson said.

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Anyone notice how suddenly the sequester fear mongering has subsided?

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I just can't stand bits of shit like that in the federal spending. Regardless of what role you think the federal government ought to play, how many people really think that the feds should be paying for dancers on trolleys in any city?

I would also think $10,000 wouldn't buy you a lot of dancing.

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That 10 grand was wasted.

My wife takes the trolley every morning and she has never seen anyone dancing...

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Its all gona come back to haunt OBAMASS,,His plan did not work for trying to get people to vote Dem in the Mid terms,,,What a fucking joke!!!!!

Mickey.

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he is only going to cut the things that are highly visable.but really don't do anything.they still have to pay these agents,so really they aren't saving anything.don't worry about his right hand waving over his head,watch out for the left hand in your pocket.bait and switch..............BS

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